Lake County scraps old electronic voting machines

It doesn't pay to be at the bleeding edge of new technology. Lake County learned this the hard way. The Plain Dealer reports that Lake County is scrapping 7 year old voting machines that it paid $3 million to acquire. The machines are not complient with the order by Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell that all counties use electronic machines that also produce a paper record. How'd I miss that order? Maybe there's hope for verifiable voting in Ohio yet!

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